The booming geographic information industry, as a rapidly rising strategic emerging industry, fully conforms to the industrial orientation of developing information technology in the new science and technology city. Through the close contact with the Provincial Bureau of Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information in the early stage, more than 30 leading enterprises in the industry, such as Dongfang Doyle, Shenzhou Tuji, Aladdin and Zhonghaida, made on-the-spot visits to the new science and technology city. Outstanding location advantages, beautiful ecological environment, simple folk customs and preferential investment policies have made visiting enterprises show great interest in settling in the new science and technology city. 20 1 1 On May 26th, 2008, Zhejiang Bureau of Surveying, Mapping and Geographic Information and Deqing County People's Government formally reached a framework agreement on cooperation in the construction of Zhejiang Geographic Information Industrial Park. In late May and mid-July, two symposiums on the promotion of geographic information industry were held in due course, from major surveying and mapping units inside and outside the province, well-known geographic information enterprises such as south surveying and mapping, Net New SuperMap and Oriental Doyle, as well as Tsinghua University and Wuhan University. After the meeting, 1 1 companies such as China Atlas Geographical Names Information Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Yi Tu Spatial Geographic Information Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Yidu Information Technology Co., Ltd. reached cooperation intentions with Science and Technology New City to settle in the industrial park, with a total intentional investment of 4160 million yuan.